St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-29

between 5 and 6. After supper 1 think
about s, was in Cochran's gambling house
on Fourth street. After leaving there ] went
to the English kitchen to get q bottle of beer
ana some sandwiches to take home. came
down stairs and went east. At the
Sioux National bank corner / met Plath,
Trieber, Munchrath, Peters and two Germans.
l did not know the Germans then. / have
since learned that they were Granda and Bis
marck. They were standing there talking.
conversed with them. We were talking about
Haddock and Turner going to Greenville for
evidence. Treber proposed to go and see
now Haddock got evidence In the hack
were Trieber, Peters, myself and l think
Plath. The hack drove Off. Trieber told the
driver to go to Greeuvie Peters got out of
the hack and went into the Greenville house
and asked the proprietor il u roam horse and
buggy had been there.
WE DROVE BACK
to Junk's saloon; got out and went in. Tree
Der paid the drinks. He got the money of
Arensdorf as we got out Of the hack and went
into the saloon. Can't tell who went in first
l treated to cigars. We were there three or
four minutes. L saw Scollard, Grady, Junk
and Arensdorf there. Can't say whether
Arensdorf was in there when we went out or
not. We went out the front door from the
wholesale liquor room, and when on the walk
that the buggy had got back.
This was just as we had got on the walk.
Arensdorf said: Lets go and see." We oil
walked down towards Water street-PeterS,
Munchrath Treiber, Plath, Arensdorf, Sher-
. man, myself and "Bismarck.' Arensdorf
and Peters took the lead. Henry Sherman
walked with me. Saw Jack Ryan next to
Weayers gallery. I said: ''Hello, Jack" He
said: Hello. Leavitt.' We continued walk
ing along and stopped at Dineen's corner.
Munchrath then said, as we were wait
ing: ''If they lick Haddock give
him black eye, something so as
not to get us into any trouble Arensdorf
spoke, but cannot remember the exact Ian
guage. He said something about drunken
dutchmen. l saw Haddock as he came from
the stable to the Columbia house corner and
started east across Water towards Dineen's.
John Arensdorf started towards him. After
Haddock got about ten feet from Dineen's
corner saw
ARENsDoRF AND HADDOCK MEET,
Arensdorf looked in Haddock's face. The
latter raised his hand. Arensdorf passed
him one step, turned and fired. Haddock
stumbled and fell Arensdorf walked straight
ahead. started to run in two or three Sec
onds from the time of the shot. I was so
startled could not stir for moment. l ran
towards Water street. Adjourned till 2 p. m.
When Leavitt continued he said: Lost sight
of Arensdorf as he was running about ten
feet from me. Peters was seventy Or eighty
feet behind ArensdOrf. I ran to Ryan'S
house, on Water street. Mr.. Riley and
wife and Mr.. Dawson and wife
were there. I went into Riey's room, talked
to Mr.. and Mrs. Riley and went into Dawson S
room and talked to him and his wife about
the murder. Dawson left my room and re-
turned with my wife, whom had left at John
sons. My wife and went to our rooms on
Fourth street. Went to Johnson's house first
and saw Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson. There
fad hot wifi D0fh Saw Tnhr nrp
the next morning after the shooting. 1 said;
'sHelIo, john" He said: ''Helio,
Leavitt." Said he felt well. He asked
me if I saw the shooting.
] said yes. I said 1t was bad thing-John
and you should not have doue it, He said,
II know it, but we must all keep STILL" He
asked me if he could depend on me as a
brother X. P. I said he could. l met him
again that DAY in front OF Mason's tailor
shop. He said he had just been up before the
coronor's but that he
DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING.
He said Henry Peters would be called be-
fore the jury and that he (ArensdorD was go
ing to send Peters to Nebraska and then to
Germany. then went up to my rooms. My
wife called me up. Talked with my wife as
soon as went up stairs. Talked to Arens-
dOrfagain in few days. / asked him it he
did not think it would be better to plead self
defense. He said no. I tvid him that my
mentioned in connection with the
crinle and for me to tell him
that he must not send Peters away, as il
would all come out Arensdorf said he would
not send any one away. On the cross exam
ination conducted by Argo Leavitt said: IAN
| Il variety man, and have been for twenty
years. Ny real name is Herman Levi. 1 re.
| side in Chicago. l entered the show business
at. Boston. went from Boston to New
York, then to Philadelphia, then te
New Mexico, then TO Leadville, then then
! arriving here in December 1885. Closed the
theater on the last of May, 1885. Have beer
furnishing theaters with people in Chicago
| since left Sioux City. Am 30 years old and
was born in New York. Before coming back
| to Sioux City made a statement regarding
| the murder. Frank Hill and D. w. Wood
| were present when 1 made the statement
| Had been in Chicago about fifteen hours be-
fore made the statement.
The rest of the afternoon was taken up
| with the
CROSS EXAMINATION,
and everything possible was done to get the
| witness confused and Off the track. but
without avail. His story was straightfor-
ward and no amount of questioning in
| duced him to tell it different. 1t was no.
| ticeable that the defense in all its question
| ings said not word about the shooting OF
who did it. Leavitt admitted that he did
not tell the truth when before the corOner'S
jury. He will be recalled again tomorrow
and subjected to another seige. The pub
lished report Of Juryman Adairs presence
at Franz brewery after court adjourned
Saturday created a stir, and the brewery
folks insist that he only stopped to tall
with Mr.. Hoyt about a house that he wanted
to rent. Editor Stone, of the Chicag,
News, is here, and is said to have spen
$4,000 in fruitless search for George
Treber.
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